Drink tube holder



Feb.9,1937. E. H. STRUTZ ET AL 2,070,495

DRINK TUBE HOLDER Filed Ap'ril 19, 1955 Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES DRINK TUBE HOLDER Edward H. Strutz and Earl Truman Bowlden, Sacramento, Calif.

Application April 19, 1935, Serial No. 17,329

1 Claim.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in drinking tube holder.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a holder for a drinking tube wherein the holder is adapted to be mounted on the upper edge of a drinking glass With the holder constructed of resilient or flexible material to permit relative movement of a part of the holder with respect to the drinking glass whereby `the drinking tube may be shifted in the drinking glass while supported in the holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drinking tube holder of the foregoing character wherein the holder embodies a tubular portion for the support of the drinking tube and a clamping portion for engagement with the upper edge of a drinking glass.

With the above and other objects in View that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a drinking glass with a drinking tube and holder therefor supported on the upper edge of the glass;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a drinking glass illustrating the drinking tube and holder in another position;

' Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the drinking tube holder;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the drinking tube holder with the drinking glass fragmentarily illustrated and the drinking tube shown in section;

Figure 5 is a developed plan View of the drinking tube holder; and

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the tube holder is former from a blank as illustrated in Figure 5 by the reference character I0 and includes a base portion II constituting a clamping element for engagement with the upper edge of the drinking glass and a top-portion I2 bent into cylindrical formation for the support of a drinking tube. The base portion I I is provided with a U-shaped cut away portion I3 providing a clamping arm I4 and a cooperating relatively shorter clamping arm I5, the latter (Cl. (i5-65) being slotted as at I6 to increase resiliency or exiblity thereof.

The top portion I2 of the blank I0 has a series of cut away portions I 'I arranged in pairs and extending longitudinally thereof.

The base portion II` as shown in Figure 1 has the clamping arms I4 and I5 offset from the top portion I2 and spaced from each other for clamping engagement with the upper edge of a drinking glass G.

The top portion I2 of the holder is adapted to be bent into substantially cylindrical formation, the cutaway portions I 'I therein providing ribs I8 that are offset inwardly as shown in Figure 6 for frictional contact with the drinking tube T. The holder is rendered resilient or flexible at its transverse median line as a result of the several cut out portions therein whereby the lower end of the drinking tube T within the glass G may be moved relative to the glass while retained in the holder IB and with the latter mounted on the glass. The drinking tube is longitudinally slidable relative to the top part I2 of the holder and may be inserted into the glass to the desired depth. The clamping arms I4 and. I5 securely mount thel holder on the upper edge of the drinking glass while the inset arms I8 retain the drinking tube T in the holder against accidental movement.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

We claim:-

In a one-piece holder for drinking tubes, a clamp member adapted for attachment to a glass, a tube holder at one end thereof adapted for the support of a drinking tube and said holder being flexible at the point of connection between the clamp member and tube holder wherebythe latter may be bent relative to the clamp member for positioning the drinking tube at the desired angle in a glass, said tube holder having rolled sides with the free edges of the sides directed towards and spaced from each other and longitudinally extending inset arms in the rolled sides for frictional engagement with a drinking tube.

EDWARD H. STRUTZ. EARL TRUMAN BOWLDEN. 

